10 Sep 1912
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1912
Page
1
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Prof. Stefansson finding a 2000 strong group in North American Arctic, claiming Norse origin and isolation from Mongolian types. The primitive coastal people, living near Coro Nation Gulf and Victoria Island, show Norse traits, blue eyes, red hair, and carneous diets.
Washington mourns the death of Mrs John R McLean at Bar Harbor from pneumonia She was a prominent society leader and hostess in the capital Funeral plans are tentative with arrangements to bring the body to Washington Arthur D Marks assisting and the McLean family coordinating services in the city Washington papers publish extended tributes to her charity and social work
Dispatches describe war department plans to raise the American flag over Mexico City within two months of orders. Detailed mobilization maps show land and sea operations, with 200000 troops and full rail, road, and ship logistics ready to move within 24 hours.
A note from Tarrytown reports Russo Secoro, an Italian laborer, shot near John D. Rockefeller’s estate as security guards repelled entry. The incident sparks talk of U S intervention and an possible extra congressional session to address Mexico. Pay-day at the Rockefeller estate was altered due to security fears.
In Kansas City Missouri Giuseppe Annello a laborer spent eleven hundred dollars his dozen years of savings on his daughter Mary sixteen marrying Vito Campanello nineteen. He hired fifty nine motor cars to shuttle guests through the city boulevards and the celebration ended with an elaborate banquet and ball. Annello said he had saved for the event since Mary was a girl in Sicily.
Secretary Knox arrives in Tokyo with his wife and an American party including Ransford Miller. They are greeted by Prince Tokugawa, Viscount Uchida, and Nagasaki at Tokyo station and housed near the American embassy. Prince Henry of Prussia is slated to arrive tomorrow.
Early returns from Maine's 1912 governor race show William T. Haines leading Frederick W. Plaisted with about 69 615 to 66 152 as Republicans gain ground. Congressmen in four districts appear split with Hinds leading in the first and McGillicuddy neck‑and‑neck in the second.
Louis Raymore, known as Gagmore, an artist, was arrested by Captain Thomas I Porter of the federal secret service on charges of circulating hand painted ten dollar notes. Attaches say he confessed. The notes were spread in many large cities. Authorities call the arrest highly significant. Raymore has a wife and daughter who thought his income came from portrait painting.
Reports from Wen Chow Chekiang detail a typhoon Aug 29 with torrential rains and high tides killing 38000 to 40000 people. Tsingtien near Wen Chow saw 10000 drown. Chu Chow prefecture washed away. Foochow floods sink hundreds of bodies. famine feared in Chekiang.
A streetcar on Clifton avenue broke its brake rigging after striking a loose manhole cover and plunged more than 100 feet down a hill. At least two men were killed and several others injured. responders worked to free passengers as police searched ruins. Victim identified as John Youngkranz, 54, of 1311 Pleasant Street. Other aboard included Charles Frankenburg and James Gillard, among others. The car tore a water plug and struck a large sign board during the descent.
A four story brick block at 51 Walnut Street housing the Fred W. Muth company honey and beekeeping goods burned at 2 30 AM causing about 75000 in damage. The fire spread to Gayert Vogel and Jelke son buildings with heavy stock losses while the third and fourth floors were gutted. Fire Chief Beckman arrived with the first company and insured stock was about 30000.
Dr. Bertram E. Sherman, chief of Chicago's food inspection bureau and noted bovine tuberculosis expert, has become a patient at a sanitarium. He is believed to have contracted tuberculosis while examining cattle.
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